Person rescued from smoke-filled apartment in Rēzekne
On Saturday evening in Rēzekne, a person was rescued from an apartment filled with smoke because a heating device had been used incorrectly. Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service received 54 calls over the past day.
On Saturday, 14 November, a person was rescued in Rēzekne from an apartment where smoke had built up because a heating device had been used incorrectly. The information came from the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD), the Latvian agency responsible for firefighting and rescue operations.
The service received the call to Zilupes Street at 23:08. The smoke was in an apartment of a single-storey residential house. The rescued person was handed over to the care of the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD). Work at the scene ended at 23:43.
Other incidents
In Tukums, firefighters were called at 15:44 to Dārzniecības Street, where food left on a stove had burned over an area of 0.01 square metres in a fourth-floor apartment of a four-storey residential building. A person was rescued in this incident as well, and work finished at 16:07.
In Koknese, a call to Raiņa Street came in at 06:49, where an exterior wall of a single-storey house was on fire over an area of two square metres. Two people evacuated the building before firefighters arrived, and the fire was extinguished at 08:12.
In Saka parish, Dienvidkurzeme municipality, a fire reported at 21:48 burned a sauna with a built-in attic room covering 40 square metres, a wooden extension of 20 square metres, a wooden terrace of 40 square metres, trees over 25 square metres, an outbuilding of 15 square metres and household items nearby over ten square metres. Three people evacuated the building before the service arrived. Work at the scene ended at 01:44.
Daily summary
Over the past day, VUGD received 54 calls. Of these, 14 were for fire extinguishing, 29 for rescue work, and 11 were false alarms.
